- ESPN2 College Football Saturday Primetime
Infobox Television | show_name=College Football Primetime
format =college football
runtime = 3 hours (approximate)
starring = Mark JonesBob Davie
country = USA
network =ESPN2 (1994-)
first_aired =1994
last_aired = Present"ESPN2 College Football Primetime" is a live game presentation of Division 1-A
college football onESPN2 . In the past, the primary sponsors have beenPolaroid andAT&T , for the 2007 season, the main sponsor wasGoDaddy.com . The game telecast airs every Saturday night at 7:45pm ET during thecollege football regular season. The game is preceded by a 45-minute long "College Football Scoreboard " withLinda Cohn , orBrian Kenny . Either of them also present the halftime show. This game telecast is also presented in high-definition onESPN2HD .Since debuting in
1994 , it has broadcast games from numerous conferences including the SEC, ACC, Big Ten and the Big East. This game is often seen as theESPN2 "Game of the Week" along with the Thursday night telecast.Some notable voices of "ESPN2 College Football Primetime" over the years have been
Ron Franklin ,Ed Cunningham andAdrian Karsten , but Karsten has been replaced by Dr. Jerry Punch after his 2005 suicide.On
October 14 ,2006 , "ESPN2 College Football Primetime" aired on five different networks as part of "ESPN Full Circle ". The networks includedESPN ,ESPN2 ,ESPNU ,ESPN 360 andMobile ESPN .Personalities
Current
*Mark Jones (play-by-play, 2007–present)
*Bob Davie (analyst, 2007–present)Former
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Dave Barnett : (play-by,play, 2001–2004)
*Ed Cunningham : (analyst, 2006)
*Stacey Dales (field reporter, 2007)
*Ron Franklin : (play-by-play, 2006)
*Mike Gottfried : (analyst, 2005)
*Sean McDonough : (play-by-play, 2005)
*Dr. Jerry Punch: (field reporter, 2005–2006)
*Mike Golic (analyst, ?–?)
*Bill Curry (analyst, ?–?)
*Michelle Tafoya (field reporter, ?–?)Game features
*Starting Lineups: The starting lineups are presented during the first possession of each team's offense and defence.
*Impact Players: Following the starting lineups, Jones and Davie run down the top two or three impact players on each teams side of the ball.
*Halftime Report:Brian Kenny orLinda Cohn present the halftime report, which features highlights of earlier games and a look at other happenings in the sports world.
*SportsCenter In-game: This segment appears during various time in the game, whenRece Davis gives up to the minute highlights when something big happens in another game.
*Primetime Pulse: Two or three times during the game,Rece Davis shows a screen with live coverage of the ABC primetime game, theESPN primetime game and theESPN2 primetime game.ee also
*"College GameDay"
*"College Football Scoreboard "
*"College Football Final "
*"ESPN College Football Thursday Primetime "
*"ESPN College Football Saturday Primetime "
*"Saturday Night Football "
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